Lily Renee, Escape Artist: From Holocaust Survivor to Comic Book Pioneer
by:
Trina Robbins (author)
Anne Timmons (author)
Mo Oh (author)
Trina Robbins, Anne Timmons (Illustrator), Mo Oh (Illustrator),Library Binding,Series: Single Titles Series, English-language edition,Pub by Lerner Publishing Group
Trina Robbins, Anne Timmons (Illustrator), Mo Oh (Illustrator),Library Binding,Series: Single Titles Series, English-language edition,Pub by Lerner Publishing Group
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780761360100 (0761360107)
Publish date: November 1st 2011
Publisher: Graphic Universe
Pages no: 96
Edition language: English
Category:
Childrens,
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Middle Grade,
Family,
World War II,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Comics,
Holocaust
A high interest text with glossary, this graphic novel would be great for introducing second-language learners to WWII history. While it lacks the emotional punch and maturity of Maus, the genre's classic, some teachers may be more comfortable using this story which lacks the gore, nudity, and adult...
I loved learning about Lily Renee, and the British Internments Camps (about which I was completely ignorant), and how with the men off to war women were hired to draw all the comics. The only problem is that the story is focused on Lily escaping the Nazis and fleeing to the US after a time in the UK...
English review (for italian version scroll down)Lily Renee is a lucky child: she has a family who loves her and she is very good at painting. But then the Holocaust begins and all changes: in fact, Lily is jewish, her only way to survive is to escape from Austria to England, alone and without money,...
Interesting person but not a terribly compelling presentation or story.
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